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Established | 1876 |
Location | High St & Port Road, Cheltenham, South Australia |
Country | Australia |
Coordinates | 34°52′19″S138°31′34″E / 34.872°S 138.526°E Coordinates: 34°52′19″S138°31′34″E / 34.872°S 138.526°E |
Owned by | Adelaide Cemeteries Authority |
No. of interments | >74,000 |
Website | Official website |
Find a Grave | Cheltenham Cemetery |
Footnotes |
Cheltenham Cemetery, originally the Port Adelaide and Suburban Cemetery, Cheltenham [1] but known as Woodville Cemetery, was established in 1876 by the Port Adelaide Corporation. Funds were allocated for the cemetery by the South Australian colonial administration in 1874. [2] The first recorded burial was Mrs. Hannah Mussared on 27 Jul 1876. [1] [3] There is an Islamic cemetery located nearby too. [4]
The Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration was an Australian court that operated from 1904 to 1956 with jurisdiction to hear and arbitrate interstate industrial disputes, and to make awards. It also had the judicial functions of interpreting and enforcing awards and hearing other criminal and civil cases relating to industrial relations law.
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